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The Krishna Milk Union has repaid a ₹110-crore slope indebtedness wrong conscionable 2 and a fractional years. A programme was organised to observe the accomplishment during a Regional Workshop connected ‘White Revolution 2.0’ connected its Vijayawada mill premises connected Wednesday.
Krishna Milk Union Chairman Chalasani Anjaneyulu said the long-cherished imagination of dairy farmers had been fulfilled done the palmy implementation of Project Kamadhenu astatine Veeravalli.
Proposed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹185 crore, the task was completed with ₹163 crore and this stands arsenic a awesome of businesslike fiscal absorption and husbandman participation, helium said.
The state-of-the-art automated dairy works astatine Veeravalli has a processing capableness of 6 lakh litres per day, with a scope for enlargement up to 8 lakh litres. The indebtedness taken for the task was scheduled for repayment implicit 7 years, but was afloat paid successful conscionable 30 months owed to beardown fiscal subject and operational efficiency,” Mr. Anjaneyulu.
Despite the Budameru floods that forced a 42-day shutdown of the Vijayawada works and caused losses of astir ₹24 crore, the national managed to support uninterrupted operations by shifting processing activities to the Kamadhenu facility, the officials said.
Mr. Anjaneyulu credited dairy farmers, beverage nine presidents, employees, and cooperative leaders for the achievement, stating that corporate effort ensured the union’s resilience during challenging times.
He besides highlighted the union’s show implicit the past 7 years, noting a important maturation successful procurement and fiscal indicators.
Milk procurement prices were accrued by ₹28 per litre (₹280 per kg abdominous basis), and procurement volumes roseate by 71 per cent, reaching 10.33 crore litres. The national has paid implicit ₹250 crore arsenic bonuses to farmers implicit the past 5 years, including ₹45 crore successful the 2025–26 fiscal twelvemonth alone. Annual turnover accrued by 78 per cent to ₹1,273 crore, portion nett worthy roseate from ₹95 crore to ₹256 crore, reflecting a 168 per cent growth, helium added.
